REPRIEVE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. REPRIEVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REPRIEVE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REPRIEVE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REPRIEVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REPRIEVE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in REPRIEVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so REPRIEVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does REPRIEVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cancel or postpone a punishment, especially a death sentence, or to spare something from being closed.
A governor may reprieve a prisoner hours before an execution. In ordinary speech the verb also covers saving a threatened service, such as a local library, from shutting down.
How REPRIEVE is used
Used in legal, political and everyday contexts; often also a noun.
- The governor decided to reprieve the condemned man.
- Councillors voted to reprieve the village school.
- A late rain gave the farmers a short reprieve from the drought.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REPRIEVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with REPRIEVE
4 longer words begin with REPRIEVE.
Shorter words from the letters in REPRIEVE
Showing 40 of 63. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about REPRIEVE
- Is REPRIEVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REPRIEVE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REPRIEVE worth?
- REPRIEVE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REPRIEVE mean?
- To cancel or postpone a punishment, especially a death sentence, or to spare something from being closed.
- What letters can be added to REPRIEVE?
- REPRIEVE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of REPRIEVE:
Open REPRIEVE in the Word Finder